Kids growing up addicted to hardcore porn

Kids growing up addicted to hardcore porn

Up to 80% of 16-year-olds ­regularly access x-rated websites, warns an MPs’ report

It’s time that Britain’s internet service providers, who make more than £3billion a year, took on more of the responsibility to keep children safe

Tory MP Claire Perry

Up to 80% of 16-year-olds ­regularly access x-rated websites, warns an MPs’ report.

And a third of 10-year-olds have seen explicit images or videos.

More than a quarter of young ­patients at a top private clinic in London are being treated for ­addiction to online porn, according to a parliamentary inquiry.

Fears have been raised that teenagers who are hooked on porn could be unable to maintain normal relationships.

The disturbing report said more than 60% of 11 to 16-year-olds have internet ­access in their room, compared with 30% six years ago.

And 41% of seven to 10-year-olds can access the web from their rooms, more than four times the previous figure. The report said free content on the net had boomed, making it easier to access porn both on purpose or by accident.

Will Gardner, of campaign group Childnet International, said he had heard of children accidentally typing CBoobies rather than BBC children’s channel CBeebies.

The report also suggested more than one in 10 young teenagers share intimate images of themselves on memory sticks and these are ­often passed around school.

Tory MP Claire Perry, who led the all-party inquiry, wants internet providers to offer a simple way for parents to filter out porn.

Mrs Perry, 48, a mother of three, said: “It’s time that Britain’s internet service providers, who make more than £3billion a year, took on more of the responsibility to keep children safe.”